Between '75 and '78 Forkbeard did several pieces with Ian HIinchliffe, Matchbox Purveyors. Apart from the Oval House, Rotherhithe Warehouse, and the Birmingham Arts Lab, this show was taken mostly to Village Halls. Other shows with Ian Hinchliffe included ‘Aargh’, ‘THE Blenkinsop Pearls’ and ‘Blenkinsop 2’